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Best Buy (BBY) announced Thursday morning that it is increasing the company's quarterly cash dividend by 1 cents, or 7%, to 15 cents per common share. That would cost the electronics retailer an additional $17 million a year. But the company has been trying to increase the return of excess cash to...

Think the world has enough McDonald's (MCD) restaurants? Think again. The fast-food giant plans to open 1,000 new stores worldwide next year as part of plan to become an even more dominant force in the industry. The company also plans to remodel 2,300 existing stores, introduce new menu items and...